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HELL
RE: HELL
(September 1, 2015 at 12:09 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Judging from some of the questions/comments, I can see that some of you simply did not understand the original post lol. I'm sorry, but I just don't know how to make it any more clear. I thought the article explained the concept pretty well. Some of you are still acting as though it's a "punishment" cast by God, that no one deserves. It's not. It's a state of being that a person puts themselves in, and in doing so, they make themselves pretty miserable.

In your opinion:

Some other catholics....opinions.

Quote:'Oh, what strength has not the fear of Hell to rein us in from sin!

To that end has God created Hell. . . it is His wish and command that we should be in fear of eternal damnation. Some heretics hold, that all who are not in sin should consider themselves as assuredly just and predestined; but these have with reason been condemned by the Council of Trent (Sess. 6 can. 14, 15), because such a presumption is as perilous to salvation as fear is conducive to it.


--St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori


Quote:'The natural fire that we see during this life has great power to burn and torment. Yet this is not even a shadow of the fire of Hell. There are two reasons why the fire of Hell is more dreadful beyond all comparison than the fire of this life.

The first reason is the justice of God, which the fire serves as an instrument in order to punish the infinite wrong done to his supreme majesty, which has been despised by a creature. Therefore, justice supplies this element with a burning power, which almost reaches the infinite. . .

The second reason is the malice of sin. As God knows that the fire of this world is not enough to punish sin, as it deserves, He has given the fire of Hell a power so strong that it can never be comprehended by any human mind. Now, how powerfully does this fire burn?

It burns so powerfully, O my soul, that, according to the ascetical masters, if a mere spark of it fell on a millstone; it would reduce it in a moment to powder. If it fell on a ball of bronze, it would melt it in an instant as if it were wax. If it landed on a frozen lake, it would make it boil in an instant.'


St. Anthony Mary Claret

Quote:'That fire is more deadly than any which man can suffer in this life.'


St. Augustine

Quote:'I saw the torments of hell and those of purgatory; no words can describe them. Had poor mortals the faintest idea of them, they would suffer a thousand deaths rather than undergo the least of their torments during a single day.'


St. Catherine of Siena

Quote:'All souls are immortal, even those of the wicked. Yet, it would be better for them if they were not deathless. For they are punished with the endless vengeance of quenchless fire. Since they do not die, it is impossible for them to have an end put to their misery.'


St. Clement of Alexandria
Let me know when you get it all worked out with these "saints."
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HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - August 31, 2015 at 7:20 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 7:25 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - August 31, 2015 at 7:44 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 7:51 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - August 31, 2015 at 8:01 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:13 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - September 2, 2015 at 6:34 pm
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - August 31, 2015 at 10:38 pm
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - August 31, 2015 at 10:34 pm
RE: HELL - by MTL - September 1, 2015 at 3:21 am
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - August 31, 2015 at 7:24 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - September 2, 2015 at 1:32 am
RE: HELL - by Cyberman - August 31, 2015 at 7:28 pm
HELL - by KUSA - August 31, 2015 at 7:31 pm
RE: HELL - by Tartarus Sauce - September 8, 2015 at 7:31 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - August 31, 2015 at 7:42 pm
RE: HELL - by Clueless Morgan - August 31, 2015 at 7:43 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - August 31, 2015 at 7:46 pm
RE: HELL - by Clueless Morgan - August 31, 2015 at 7:52 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - September 2, 2015 at 6:28 pm
RE: HELL - by Longhorn - September 3, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: HELL - by Longhorn - September 3, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:35 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - August 31, 2015 at 8:43 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:56 pm
RE: HELL - by Lemonvariable72 - September 2, 2015 at 6:22 pm
RE: HELL - by Clueless Morgan - September 1, 2015 at 11:07 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:12 am
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - September 1, 2015 at 11:04 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:17 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:25 am
RE: HELL - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 31, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - August 31, 2015 at 7:51 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:01 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - August 31, 2015 at 8:25 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - August 31, 2015 at 8:34 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - August 31, 2015 at 8:37 pm
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - August 31, 2015 at 10:41 pm
RE: HELL - by pocaracas - September 1, 2015 at 5:24 am
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - August 31, 2015 at 7:49 pm
RE: HELL - by IATIA - August 31, 2015 at 7:54 pm
RE: HELL - by Cyberman - August 31, 2015 at 7:51 pm
HELL - by KUSA - August 31, 2015 at 8:24 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - August 31, 2015 at 8:32 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:43 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - August 31, 2015 at 9:01 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - August 31, 2015 at 9:43 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - August 31, 2015 at 10:16 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - August 31, 2015 at 9:47 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 9:49 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - August 31, 2015 at 9:51 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - September 1, 2015 at 9:38 am
RE: HELL - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2015 at 8:39 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - August 31, 2015 at 8:56 pm
RE: HELL - by Homeless Nutter - August 31, 2015 at 8:40 pm
RE: HELL - by rexbeccarox - August 31, 2015 at 8:42 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - August 31, 2015 at 8:43 pm
RE: HELL - by rexbeccarox - August 31, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: HELL - by Iroscato - August 31, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - August 31, 2015 at 9:27 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - August 31, 2015 at 10:11 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - August 31, 2015 at 10:21 pm
RE: HELL - by The Valkyrie - August 31, 2015 at 10:29 pm
RE: HELL - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2015 at 10:42 pm
RE: HELL - by The Valkyrie - August 31, 2015 at 10:45 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - August 31, 2015 at 11:13 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - August 31, 2015 at 11:10 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 12:14 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 1, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 1, 2015 at 2:05 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 2:28 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - August 31, 2015 at 11:02 pm
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - August 31, 2015 at 11:16 pm
RE: HELL - by The Valkyrie - August 31, 2015 at 11:19 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 1, 2015 at 12:23 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 1, 2015 at 9:42 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 2, 2015 at 2:36 pm
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 1, 2015 at 9:36 am
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 1, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: HELL - by Cyberman - September 1, 2015 at 11:56 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am
RE: HELL - by KevinM1 - September 1, 2015 at 9:04 am
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - August 31, 2015 at 9:49 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - August 31, 2015 at 11:38 pm
RE: HELL - by Cecelia - August 31, 2015 at 11:48 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 12:09 am
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 1, 2015 at 12:36 am
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - September 1, 2015 at 9:43 am
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 1, 2015 at 9:51 am
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - September 1, 2015 at 10:49 am
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 1, 2015 at 10:52 am
RE: HELL - by pocaracas - September 1, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: HELL - by Iroscato - September 1, 2015 at 10:59 am
RE: HELL - by pocaracas - September 1, 2015 at 11:03 am
RE: HELL - by Iroscato - September 1, 2015 at 11:10 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 10:51 am
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - September 1, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - September 1, 2015 at 11:12 am
RE: HELL - by Cecelia - September 1, 2015 at 12:24 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 12:48 am
RE: HELL - by Redbeard The Pink - September 1, 2015 at 1:34 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 1:42 am
RE: HELL - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 1, 2015 at 5:47 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: HELL - by downbeatplumb - September 5, 2015 at 4:49 am
RE: HELL - by Cecelia - September 5, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 6, 2015 at 2:26 am
RE: HELL - by downbeatplumb - September 6, 2015 at 7:17 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 6, 2015 at 5:58 pm
RE: HELL - by Tartarus Sauce - September 8, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 8, 2015 at 8:27 pm
RE: HELL - by KevinM1 - September 22, 2015 at 1:16 am
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 22, 2015 at 2:16 am
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 1, 2015 at 12:35 am
RE: HELL - by Fake Messiah - September 1, 2015 at 1:56 am
RE: HELL - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 1, 2015 at 2:58 am
RE: HELL - by MTL - September 1, 2015 at 4:11 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 1, 2015 at 4:12 am
RE: HELL - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 1, 2015 at 4:39 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 10:37 am
RE: HELL - by Homeless Nutter - September 1, 2015 at 10:45 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:01 am
RE: HELL - by Homeless Nutter - September 1, 2015 at 11:16 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:31 am
RE: HELL - by Homeless Nutter - September 1, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 12:11 pm
RE: HELL - by Homeless Nutter - September 1, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - September 1, 2015 at 11:10 pm
RE: HELL - by Cecelia - September 1, 2015 at 11:19 pm
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 6, 2015 at 2:23 am
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 1, 2015 at 2:00 pm
RE: HELL - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 1, 2015 at 5:30 pm
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 1, 2015 at 5:33 am
RE: HELL - by ignoramus - September 1, 2015 at 5:54 am
RE: HELL - by KevinM1 - September 1, 2015 at 7:41 am
RE: HELL - by Crossless1 - September 1, 2015 at 10:02 am
HELL - by KUSA - September 1, 2015 at 7:47 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 1, 2015 at 9:13 am
RE: HELL - by Neo-Scholastic - September 1, 2015 at 9:32 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: HELL - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 1, 2015 at 5:43 pm
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 1, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 11:39 am
RE: HELL - by Clueless Morgan - September 1, 2015 at 12:39 pm
RE: HELL - by Divinity - September 1, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: HELL - by pocaracas - September 1, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 12:23 pm
RE: HELL - by Iroscato - September 1, 2015 at 12:27 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - September 1, 2015 at 12:39 pm
RE: HELL - by downbeatplumb - September 1, 2015 at 1:02 pm
RE: HELL - by drfuzzy - September 1, 2015 at 2:03 pm
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 1, 2015 at 2:08 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 4:43 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - September 1, 2015 at 4:58 pm
RE: HELL - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 1, 2015 at 5:44 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 5:51 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 1, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 1, 2015 at 6:16 pm
RE: HELL - by Cyberman - September 1, 2015 at 10:01 pm
RE: HELL - by rexbeccarox - September 1, 2015 at 10:03 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 2, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 2, 2015 at 12:33 pm
RE: HELL - by Crossless1 - September 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: HELL - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 2, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: HELL - by rexbeccarox - September 2, 2015 at 2:16 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 2:38 pm
RE: HELL - by Godschild - September 2, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: HELL - by rexbeccarox - September 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm
RE: HELL - by The Valkyrie - September 2, 2015 at 3:25 pm
RE: HELL - by Crossless1 - September 2, 2015 at 3:42 pm
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 6, 2015 at 2:21 am
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 6, 2015 at 2:17 am
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - September 2, 2015 at 2:54 pm
RE: HELL - by Nay_Sayer - September 1, 2015 at 11:17 pm
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 2, 2015 at 12:59 am
RE: HELL - by IATIA - September 2, 2015 at 1:21 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 2, 2015 at 1:45 am
RE: HELL - by rexbeccarox - September 2, 2015 at 5:18 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 2, 2015 at 5:37 pm
RE: HELL - by Ravenshire - September 2, 2015 at 6:29 pm
RE: HELL - by Crossless1 - September 3, 2015 at 9:49 am
RE: HELL - by abaris - September 3, 2015 at 10:09 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 2, 2015 at 5:42 pm
RE: HELL - by The Valkyrie - September 2, 2015 at 6:27 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 2, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: HELL - by The Valkyrie - September 2, 2015 at 10:04 pm
RE: HELL - by LostLocke - September 3, 2015 at 10:23 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: HELL - by Redbeard The Pink - September 2, 2015 at 9:55 pm
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 6, 2015 at 2:16 am
RE: HELL - by Cyberman - September 3, 2015 at 10:03 am
RE: HELL - by Longhorn - September 3, 2015 at 11:34 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: HELL - by IATIA - September 3, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: HELL - by CapnAwesome - September 3, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 6:19 pm
RE: HELL - by ignoramus - September 3, 2015 at 7:32 pm
RE: HELL - by CapnAwesome - September 3, 2015 at 10:16 pm
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 4, 2015 at 2:20 am
RE: HELL - by MTL - September 4, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: HELL - by ignoramus - September 4, 2015 at 2:38 am
RE: HELL - by Longhorn - September 6, 2015 at 4:10 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 4, 2015 at 3:32 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 5, 2015 at 4:22 am
RE: HELL - by Grandizer - September 6, 2015 at 2:31 am
RE: HELL - by Whateverist - September 6, 2015 at 2:35 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 6, 2015 at 2:53 am
RE: HELL - by Longhorn - September 6, 2015 at 3:49 am
RE: HELL - by Longhorn - September 6, 2015 at 4:06 am
RE: HELL - by Spooky - September 6, 2015 at 3:30 pm
RE: HELL - by pocaracas - September 6, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: HELL - by MysticKnight - September 7, 2015 at 10:17 pm
RE: HELL - by pocaracas - September 8, 2015 at 6:27 am
RE: HELL - by Ben Davis - September 8, 2015 at 7:18 am
RE: HELL - by robvalue - September 9, 2015 at 1:45 am
RE: HELL - by Orchids - September 20, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - September 22, 2015 at 1:32 am
RE: HELL - by Catholic_Lady - September 22, 2015 at 1:34 am
RE: HELL - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 22, 2015 at 4:53 pm
RE: HELL - by Minimalist - September 22, 2015 at 2:02 am
RE: HELL - by The Grand Nudger - September 22, 2015 at 2:30 am
RE: HELL - by Reforged - September 22, 2015 at 4:26 am
RE: HELL - by Nay_Sayer - September 22, 2015 at 7:07 pm
RE: HELL - by houseofcantor - September 22, 2015 at 9:14 pm
RE: HELL - by Thumpalumpacus - September 22, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: HELL - by RobbyPants - October 7, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: HELL - by abaris - October 7, 2015 at 7:06 pm
RE: HELL - by Wyrd of Gawd - October 7, 2015 at 11:00 pm
RE: HELL - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 6:38 pm
RE: HELL - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 7:09 pm
RE: HELL - by dyresand - October 7, 2015 at 11:46 pm
RE: HELL - by Homeless Nutter - October 8, 2015 at 12:05 am
RE: HELL - by goodwithoutgod - October 9, 2015 at 9:20 pm
RE: HELL - by ignoramus - October 9, 2015 at 9:53 pm
RE: HELL - by robvalue - October 9, 2015 at 9:57 pm

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